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CIRCA 1780, BLUE WHEEL AND INCISED NI MARKS
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A Höchst mythological cup and trembleuse saucer
Circa 1780, blue wheel and incised ni marks
The cup with slightly tapering sides and snake handle, painted with a kneeling old man presenting a large golden ewer to a queen, her attendant and two Roman soldiers nearby before a triumphal arch, within a jewelled oval cartouche against a border of interwoven garlands and gilt laurel below the rim, the flat border of the saucer with a continous band of interwoven garlands and gilt laurel, gilt line rims (restored rim chip with associated overpainting to part of rim, slight wear to gilt lines)
Circa 1780, blue wheel and incised ni marks
The cup with slightly tapering sides and snake handle, painted with a kneeling old man presenting a large golden ewer to a queen, her attendant and two Roman soldiers nearby before a triumphal arch, within a jewelled oval cartouche against a border of interwoven garlands and gilt laurel below the rim, the flat border of the saucer with a continous band of interwoven garlands and gilt laurel, gilt line rims (restored rim chip with associated overpainting to part of rim, slight wear to gilt lines)
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